Major-General Tim Keating has been named the new Chief of Defence Force.

A New Zealand soldier faces a court martial, accused of planting explosive devices in Afghanistan. The soldier is a member of the ill-fated Crib 20 deployment.

An experienced reservist soldier who admitted filming a female colleague having a shower at a military barracks has today been kicked out of the Defence Force.

Social isolation facing war veterans and an anomaly that denies war pension support to a partly dependent parent after a soldier dies in action were among issues highlighted at a Dunedin conference on veterans' health yesterday.

Willie Apiata has paid tribute to his mother, calling her a hero who kept the family together through difficult times.

The family of Private Michael Ross, who drowned during a training exercise, has welcomed a judge's ruling that slams the Defence Force for systemic safety failings.

After Private Michael Ross went missing during an army training exercise, his family clung to the hope he was playing with them and would turn up and surprise them.

After Private Michael Ross went missing during an Army training exercise, his family clung to the hope he was playing with them and would turn up and surprise them.

Unedited footage of the "Battle of Baghak" has emerged that reveals the confusion and danger facing New Zealand troops during a fierce firefight that killed two Kiwi soldiers.

The New Zealand commander of the "Battle of Baghak", in which two Kiwi soldiers were killed, has been allowed to interview witnesses for a book he is writing.

At least one soldier involved in the "Battle of Baghak" has backed up claims that Kiwis were involved in a friendly fire incident with Afghan forces just before two Kiwi soldiers were fatally shot.

Details of a Defence Force inquiry into fatal attacks in Afghanistan have been released this afternoon, along with footage of one of the incidents.

The Defence Force will today present the findings of a Court of Inquiry into two incidents which resulted in the deaths of five New Zealand soldiers in Afghanistan last year.

The family of a soldier who drowned hope the Defence Force's expected guilty plea will help prevent a repeat of the "myriad" of errors that lead to his death.

The Defence Force will be sentenced after a guilty plea over the death of Private Michael Ross, who fell from a boat during a training exercise near Waiouru.

An army trainee died when a vehicle he was travelling in crashed with an "almighty bang" into a power pole near Dargaville on Friday night.

Six translators who helped elite NZ troops in Afghanistan and who fear for their lives are demanding to know why they haven't been granted asylum like other interpreters.

Human error is likely to have contributed to the death of soldier Private Michael Ross who died during a training exercise near Waiouru, according to a former Army chief.

The Labour Party has paid tribute to New Zealand military personnel serving around the world and has remembered those who died on battlefields at Gallipoli nearly a century ago.

Private Corey Twamley was fighting to give Afghan children the kind of human rights his daughter was born into.

It's every soldier's greatest fear - the unseen enemy. The improvised explosive device (IED) buried beneath the road, which is detonated by Afghanistan insurgents who lie and wait for Coalition soldiers to pass.

The United States has flown highly sophisticated Global Hawk drones through New Zealand airspace, official papers reveal.

A soldier who died after falling into a Waiouru lake during a training exercise should have been able to release a 20kg gun easily, the former Chief of Army says.

A 25-year-old soldier was injured after falling 5 metres into a dry riverbed near Dannevirke.

When a handful of surviving veterans of the legendary 28th Maori Battalion rose yesterday, they knew they had one more special mission.

Some family members of Corporal Douglas Hughes say they want an open inquest to satisfy their questions over the soldier's death.